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<h4 class="subsection">5.1.5 Commas in <code>FORMAT</code> specifications</h4>

<p>To support legacy codes, GNU Fortran allows the comma separator
to be omitted immediately before and after character string edit
descriptors in <code>FORMAT</code> statements.  A comma with no following format
decriptor is permited if the <samp>-fdec-blank-format-item</samp> is given on
the command line. This is considered non-conforming code and is
discouraged.
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<pre class="smallexample">       PRINT 10, 2, 3
10     FORMAT ('FOO='I1' BAR='I2)
       print 20, 5, 6
20     FORMAT (I3, I3,)
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